The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-09-07

ard as soon as he saw Riley said he was no
the man wanted. Riley was released. He a
once brought suit against the Trust compan.
for $4,000 damages, personal service bein!
secured On Perkins, the company's agent.
A convention of the members of the bar Q
the Seventh Judicial district of Iowa was he'll
Friday. The Hon. Charles II. Waterman wa
| placed in nomination as the nOn-partisal
candidate for district judge. Mr.. Waterman
Is the present incumbent, having been ap
pointed to the bench by Gov. Larrabee las
! spring to fill the uEexpired term Of judge
Rogers, deceased, until a successor could b.
| elected. The district is Democratic. Mr.
Waterman is Republican, and while th'
! Democrats will probably make nomination
Mr.. Waterman's election is conceded On the
ground Of popular sentiment, favOring the
election of judges Independent of politics.
practice honored in this district for years.
Mayor Francis, of st. Louis, received
definite information from the white house OF
the subject Of the presidents visit to ST.
,
Saturday evening, October l, direct from
Washington. They will be met at the depot
and escorted to the Southern. Sunday he
viii attend services at one of the Presbyterian
churches. Monday he will visit the fair, and
in the evening a public reception will take
place. Tuesday he will visit the public build
irgs, and in the evening he will witness the
parade and ball of the Yelled Prophets. Al
midnight he will take a special train for
Chicago.
The will of the late Levi Rosenfed was pro-
bated at Chicago Monday. The will is dated
December 3, 1888, and gives Maurice and
Harry, the two sons, handsome amounts in
personal property and they get the realty,
but a codical dated June &c, 1887, directs that
ali requests to Maurice be revoked and that
all such be void, being made to his wife, and
to be made from the control OF his creditors
She is directed to pay over to him from time
to time such sums as is necessary to maintain
him in the station to which he had been &C.
custOmed, all to be from the control by cred
itors. A larger portion of the estate Is left to
the widow, with numerous otquests to chill
dren, grandchildren and charitable institu-
tons.
John Cartwright, noted desperate of Wet
Eel county, was assassinated while standing
within few PAGES OF his own door We1nes-
day: At O'Clock Cartwright was standing
with his back toward tree A man carving
rife appeared upon the ridge above the
house, leveled his gun ard fred at Cartwright
the ball passing through his body, instantly
killing him. The stranger after firing the
shot, extricated the empty shell from tie
rifle, then walked coolly away in plain view Of
several people who were intimdatcd by the
appearance Of his weapon. Justice 2. P.
Carlton was standing few yards from the
murderer and saw the effect Of his shot, but
was unarmea and did not attempt his Arrest.
Cartwright was thirty five yes"s Of age, mar
Fied and the father OF seven children.
a bold outrage at Maple Grove, sixteen
miles from Minneapolis, was last Saturday re.
ported to the police. D. L. Hitler lives upon
farm near that place with mis- mother and
his brother. Friday morning, while the broth
ers were absent from the h2use at work. two
men called at the house and asked for some
thing to eat. Mrs. Hitler complied with their
request, and when they had finished eating
one OF them picked up poker and threatened
60 Kill her. The old LADY begged them to
spare her life, whercupoH the brutes dragged
her to the cistern and threw her in The els.
tern is twelve feet deco, and was half full of
water, bat Mrs. Hi Ter clung to the lead pipe
81 the pump and managed to keep afoat TN
til noon, wnen her sons returned, and she
was taken out IN an exhausted condition. In
vestigati3n showed that the tramps had ran.
sacked he house and distracted t17O in cash
and $3.50 in certificates Of deposit upon the
First National bank Of Minneapolis. Mrs
Hitler is sixty-three years of age, and it is
feared that the shock to her system from the
brutal treatment she received may result IA
tally.